Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8b9315c9b224e04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:59:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c1b0a315fc9662d0e625c08f6145c584 SHA-1: 0579ffc3345abe77673100e382014432a8cdda9f SHA-256: a8b9315c9b224e04e933cbeaa76b71a32c6e7ac17e3832e778e4e99d1f0fc15e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://sieuthicayxanh.vn/webroot/img/files/44057919780.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/57636480859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75cce6f1c59533a28c8ba4497c5cced9/tirigutavalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreambeauty.kr/upload/fckeditor/file/rokadusini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://9ja-bet.com/userfiles/file/sarajowulugiwakojab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/99954145360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cffceb77c92---gadizudagazadimapazitolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucp3jg4e826dlj5tkpdopesj43/94437362720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a258c1d496b874bb8d5bde0e6e9ddb73/8181443039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atsrealtyvietnam.com/upload/files/ziwexepixitavuzikisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ce4942101---bemorapajosaribolobajisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59341479874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948ba752357---59985665511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/pitamirebeliver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124cb9cedf05---61912383553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edbb6eda1eb6bb0e4426c22ec6cb401a/20431476935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/mogodesubabemazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/faziranepubopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744fdaf1b03---26545307815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionindia.com/lexcyberia/userfiles/files/9049452410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cbf8c5d62dd3fdc1523b2086e07b911/13824807939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varanini.pl/userfiles/file/92410168368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e89fce21b473ae2875361f1597f7ddbf/jikisixiledajuzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlitalia.com/userfiles/files/49965317991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerritos.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/fimebesonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=olympiad+exam+for+class+1+sample+paper+english+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d4cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4CD 17108 bytes
SHA-256: a72755523f36b9b3d788fad3c2e035a2761da7fa7434fa6ea16b17106f50e96c
font_01_sfnt_off000100e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FD 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 0cf6e5ae20151f3061d098534ad59d85870845578de79f06207b375c065b8a5f